May 2009

May 04, 2009

So I signed up at Sharon's Blog to participate this year. And it's the first Monday, so here goes:

Plant Something:

transplanted 20 cucumber starts

2 heirloom tomato plants I picked up that are much farther along than mine:)

cilantro

basil

cabbage some starts some seeds

broccoli some starts some seeds

Harvest something:

not quite ready yet since my strawberries are new this year and I have to get netting since the birds have harvested what ones we have produced:(

Preserve Something:

tomorrow's the first day of our farmer's market so I'll be ready for this next weekReduce Waste:hmm well we bought an energy star fridge. Nothing fancy, very basic, but ONLY 383 khw a yr! Our old fridge was 16 yr's old and not efficient. Hooked up two smart saver power cords.

Prep and Storage: ordered more fruit trees and bushes for M-day

Build Community Food systems: Besides drooling over every flat space I see wasted throughout my little town, I sent out an email to church members with lots of local food info and am using our charitable donation allotment for local food purchases to help friends suffering from the economy.

Eat the Food: not so great in this one. I really need to take better inventory and freeze more things that look shady.